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‘I know damn well what I'm saying, and no way in hell am I watching my mouth.’

‘You should watch your mouth when there is a lady present.’

‘I'd watch your mouth if I were you.’

‘You'll learn to watch your mouth when talking to me.’

‘I should also warn you to watch your mouth around him.’

‘After warning him to watch his mouth once again he walked off with his dogs.’

‘I was the one who made sure that he watched his mouth in interviews.’

Phrasal Verbs

mouth off

1Talk in an unpleasantly loud and boastful or opinionated way.

‘he was mouthing off about society in general’

‘He was just as into the avant-garde, but he was exploring it rather than mouthing off about it.’

‘Kids learn how to be mature only by mouthing off to any authority figure they can.’

‘When he mouths off to a pretty young teacher, he apologizes: ‘I'm sorry I sounded off on you.’’

‘He was mouthing off about something he knows nothing about.’

‘He skips school constantly and, on the handful of days he does show up, he's either mouthing off or getting into big-time, black-eye fights.’

‘Maybe they've had a big boost in fundraising since he started mouthing off so publicly.’

‘I wondered about how many of them actually think like they purport to rather than simply mouthing off in this obnoxious way simply to wind people up.’

‘Nobody shows off or mouths off quite as good as a Leo.’

‘He was then booked for mouthing off to the assistant referee.’

‘About half of them were prone to not listening to orders and mouthing off.’

‘If your father mouths off to you about it, just remind him that he lives in your house and has to respect your rules now.’

‘There were loads of lads mouthing off.’

‘She was overheard mouthing off about her rival.’

‘My nice neighbours the other side said that she'd been in there, mouthing off about her partner and asking for drink.’

‘I'm checking in with her today, and instead of mouthing off on what I think she should do, I'm just going to listen.’

‘If TV cameras catch him spitting or swearing, you can bet that some retired cop, headmaster or right-wing politician will be mouthing off to the Monday papers about sloppy role models and the decline of civilisation.’

‘If a kid mouths off, maybe he doesn't like you or maybe he's seen his mother beaten up by her boyfriend.’

‘I'm sick of her mouthing off about me.’

‘There is nothing wrong with people mouthing off on a radio talk show.’

‘‘You're always mouthing off about things,’ one of my friends told me the other day as I launched an attack on the cost of school trips these days.’